The animal has a brain structure all its own, according to a preprint. The finding hints that brains evolved centralization ...

Michael Cole explains how “brain flows” are the fundamental units of brain function and cognition.

Then, in the 1980s, the genetic revolution arrived, bringing with it the concrete information that embryologists had long ...

Retinal waves offer a powerful example of a self-organizing system that can build structure without external guidance.

Macaques and marmosets recapitulate the condition’s core traits better than mice can, but funding uncertainty and challenges ...

In his new book, Michael W. Cole examines how the movement of neuronal activity between neural populations shapes free will, intelligence and creativity.

Robin Hiesinger is professor and head of the Division of Neurobiology at the Freie Universität Berlin. He is interested in ...

Fischbach, who died 25 October, elucidated the dynamic changes in neuromuscular junctions. Beyond the lab, he shaped careers, ...

Lisa Yang ICoN Center Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ila Fiete is professor of brain and cognitive sciences, associate ...

The effort seeks to train the model on data that scientists plan to collect over five years—but questions about its utility and feasibility remain.

Professor of neuroscience and psychology Rutgers University-Newark ...

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 2 November.